What's the point of an F1 junior? This season, more than half the Formula 2 drivers have a Formula 1 affiliation. But what does it actually mean for them and what do they do? 1535068800 Performance

The support series tech that could save F1 Formula 2's new 2018 car is faster and has more downforce - the same ingredients that contributed to a drop in overtaking with the latest Formula 1 machinery. But the support series' racing has remained excellent. F1 should be taking notes 1534723200 F1

The Mercedes force of nature on the path to F1 With two thirds of the 2018 Formula 2 season completed, two British drivers head the standings. Both are backed by Formula 1 squads and could be on the grand prix grid next year - but one has emerged as the clear title favourite 1533600000 F2

The secrets behind Britain's fastest series There's one club circuit racing championship in the UK where you can race on ovals (and it's a series that goes even where NASCAR fears to tread). That makes it the fastest series in Britain - and also one of the most underrated 1511222400 National

Can Norris avoid McLaren's young driver scrapheap? Formula 2 hotshot Lando Norris gets his Formula 1 debut next year with McLaren. But the troubled team has mangled the career paths of recent recruits including Sergio Perez, Kevin Magnussen and Stoffel Vandoorne. So how will Lando fare? Asks JAMES ROBERTS 1542326400 F1

How an F1 team can go off the rails Williams's plunge to the back of the Formula 1 field in 2018 has been dramatic. PAT SYMONDS explains how things can go so badly awry with an F1 design, and why finding the way again mid-season is so difficult 1542326400 F1

F1 must not clip Verstappen's wings Max Verstappen copped some flak for his post-race antics in Brazil, but Formula 1 must realise that it should not try to change a driver who has become one of its box office stars 1542240000 F1

The 37-year-old rookie starting Mercedes' next big project Gary Paffett was once caught out by inexperience, when he thought the DTM was "too easy" after a first title. After a 13-year wait for his second championship, it's a lesson he will have to remember as a Formula E rookie 1542240000 FE